Erik Krogh

I recently acquired this Unterseebootsflottille Weddigen cap ribbon. It is the post-1936 style (cotton thread instead of the golden metallic thread). I've been searching for one of these for awhile, and glad to finally land one.

Photocopy of Quimper tiles.

Photocopy of 10th U-Flotilla logo and LI shoulderboards.

The large bowl with dates corresponding to U-515's first two patrols.

The small carved bowl.

Here is a small grouping of 3 (apparently) board-made items from U-515 (Kmdt Werner Henke). I find Henke a very interesting figure in the U-Boat saga. U-515 was the U-Boat sunk by Captain Daniel V. Gallery's task force prior to the capture of U-505, which is on display in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Touring U-505 beginning at age 8 led to my life-long interest in U-Boats.

The grouping was purchased from the very reputable US dealer Bill Shea (Ruptured Duck). Bill included a photocopy of the carved 10th Flotilla emblem with a pair of Engineer Leutnant shoulder boards. The grouping is attributed to U-515's LI by Mr. Shea. Also included was a photocopy of 2 Henroit Quimper tiles. My assumption is that all of these items were originally grouped together.

Included in the grouping are:

1) 10th U-Flotilla emblem

2) (Possibly) an ashtray, carved with eight flat-faced facets on the top rim and with these sections extending in and downward toward the center (like pie slices). Each rim facet bears raised letters spelling out a different city: Danzig, Gibraltar, Stettin, Freetown, Lorient, Azores, Hamburg and Trinidad.

3) A wooden bowl, the artisan appears to have been the same sailor who carved the ashtray. The dish measures approximately 8.5? across, the center sloping down and inward toward a flat base. Centered within the flat base is a round ball (looks like a golf ball due to the many carving bevels on its sides). The ball has a peg on the bottom, which inserts into the dish bottom. The outer rim of the dish is carved with the inscriptions ?Trinidad? and ?10 - Dampfer 53480 BRT U-515?, meaning that 53,480 tons of shipping (10 steamers) were sunk by the U-515 this patrol. There are also the dates "12.VIII - 14.X.42". This data coorelates with U-515's first two patrols: Left Kiel on 12 August 1942, arrived at Kristiansand 13 August. U-515 then left Kristiansand on 15 August and arrived back at Lorient on 14 October 1942.

I have not spent the requisite time to research this group, but plan to do so in the future.

Nesredep,

Very nice KM items!! It's great to see such great KM collections on this site.

Best Regards,

Erik

Other KM badges and artifacts.

Complete set of Baqueville badges.

World War I U-Boat badges (unmarked, Schott, Meybauer), minis, Laboe tinnie, etc.

Also an interesting post-war medal or key fob (?) with all the KM war badges surrounding the U-boat badge.

Schwerin tombaks on top two rows.

Zincers on bottom row.

Mint marked Schwerin. Trying to capture the brillance of its fire guilding.

U-Boat Frontspanges in bronze and silver.

Hi,

That's not a collection...it is a flotilla! Very nice. Can you let us know the makers?

Thanks.

Gary B

Jan Arne and Gary,

Thanks for the compliments! The makers of the badges are, left-to-right:

Top Row: Mint Schwerin tombak (marked); Schwerin tombak (unmarked); Tombak L/52 (C F Zimmermann); Tombak L/18 (B H Mayer); Zinc Baqueville

Second Row (all zinc): Mint marked FO (Friedrich Orth); GWL (Gebr?der Wegerhoff); Unmarked L/21 (Foerster & Barth); Marked W in Circle (Hermann Wernstein); Marked RK (Rudolf Karneth)

Third Row (all zinc): Marked FO (Friedrich Orth); GWL (Gebr?der Wegerhoff); Marked L/21 (Foerster & Barth); Marked W in Circle (Hermann Wernstein); Marked RS (Rudolf Souval)

Bottom Row: Marked zinc L/18 (B H Mayer); Marked zinc L/56 (Funcke & Bruninghaus); De-wreathed Tombak Hyman; Marked zinc "100" (W?chtler & Lange, featured on page 187 of Gordon's new book); Marked L/13 (Paul Meybauer)

Best Regards,

Erik

Here are some of my U-Boat Badges. I am also showing some of my other non-U-Boat KM badges.

Thanks for looking!

Nesredep,

Your GWL badge exhibits all of the expected characteristics for a genuine badge produced by this manufacturer. Good original badge in my opinion

Best Regards,

Erik

Jody,

Great looking toy! Your next purchase should be U-534 - hopefully somebody can save her...

Best Regards,

Erik Krogh

Michel,

Thank you very much for posting the picture of Teddy and Hans. Their friendship went way back to their Crew 35 days.

Best Regards,

Erik

Teddy Suhren with Swords, U-564.

Teddy Suhren with Oaks, U-564.

Gunther Prien Private Photo. Prien's signature is there, but difficult to see in the scan.

Jeanne d'Arc

Various French

Carrier

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